Subject: RE: Training Plans - Is there a "Gold Standard"? Chris: There are a good amount of BT'ers doing the St. A triathlon. Some with Team-in-Training (like myself), some on their own. Congrats on getting your entry in before the record sell-out. You might want to sign in here: http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=31285&posts=37 insomuch as there might be BT festivities before and after the race. There are some great plans available on the main page and even more avialable to "Performance Members" (e.g. you contribute a nominal fee to help pay the website bills and you get access to additional plans). I utilized the 20 week 1/2 IM as a baseline that I then tweaked to fit my schedule (I often travel Tues-Thurs, so I shuffled the swimming and biking to the beginning and end of the week as much as possible). These plans appear to focus most on time + volume as opposed to interval training, so I am in the process of finalizing phase 2 (build) portion of my plan. There are some great articles on this site to help you delve more into the meat behind building a training plan. There are also a couple of good books out there. At present I am reading Triathlete Magazine's "The Complete Guide to Triathlon Training" and have found it to be well written and straight forward. PS: Also check out the "Georgia" thread (http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/forums/forum-view.asp?fid=39) as Rocketman (Brett) is talking about starting an Atlanta tri-club ... good group training opportunities. |